Sunday Noir
Curated by Nicky Lawrence
Welcome to Sunday Noir! Showcasing films by women, in February. This special screening series showcases a collective and creative insightfulness, by rising and established directors, whose focused passion and vision knows no bounds. Curated by Incongruent Media Creative Director, Nicky Lawrence, Sunday Noir explores innovative, exciting, deeply moving, cultural, narratives through each directors specific lens. Chosen with care by Nicky Lawrence each film has inspired a generation of women to pick up a camera and take action to tell their stories. Rarely on the big screen do we get to see such grace and charm from a certain perspective, yet with this series and these remarkable women the landscape shifts, creating space for a new kind of future. Chill with some popcorn each Sunday evening surrounded by themes of desire, love, struggle, pain, ambition, fear and most importantly joy.
February 2025
Sunday February 2nd 2025
2:00pm
Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Ava DuVernay, ORIGIN chronicles the tragedy and triumph of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson as she investigates a global phenomenon of epic proportions. Portrayed by Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (“King Richard”), Isabel experiences unfathomable personal loss and love as she crosses continents and cultures to craft one of the defining American books of our time. Inspired by the New York Times best-seller “Caste,” ORIGIN explores the mystery of history, the wonders of romance and a fight for the future of us all.
Sunday February 2nd 2025
Slim and Queen's first date takes an unexpected turn when a policeman pulls them over for a minor traffic violation. When the situation escalates, Slim takes the officer's gun and shoots him in self-defence. Now labelled cop killers in the media, Slim and Queen feel that they have no choice but to go on the run and evade the law. When a video of the incident goes viral, the unwitting outlaws soon become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people all acro
6:00pm
February 2024
Sunday February 4, 2024
My Name is Jackie
In tribute to Jackie Shane, the boundary-shattering 1960s music icon and pioneer – director/actor/vocalist/multi-hyphenate Nicky Lawrence, whose sold out show “Ugly Black Woman” rocked and amazed Paradise Theatre audiences, has partnered with Ravyn Wngz for a special creation of music, film and expression: MY NAME IS JACKIE will have you bopping in your seats!
Subjects of Desire
Starring music icon India.Arie (Video, Brown Skin) and popular Toronto native Jully Black, (7 Day fool, Rally’n) this thought provoking film directed by Jennifer Holness, explores the cultural shift in North American beauty standards toward embracing Black female aesthetics and features, while exposing the deliberate, and often dangerous portrayals of Black women in the media.
Sunday February 11, 2024
When Morning Comes
In this beautifully shot 2022 TIFF selection a young boy struggles with his widowed mother's decision to relocate the family from Jamaica to Canada. Directed by Kelly Fyffe-Marshall this intimate portrait into a family’s heart wrenching decision is all at once spellbinding in its rawness.
Sunday February 18, 2024
Love & Basketball
From the director of the critically acclaimed cultural phenomenon Hollywood blockbuster“The Woman King” comes the classic film selection Love & Basketball. Directed by Gina Prince- Bythewood it was recently selected as one of 25 influential films to be cataloged, in the Library of Congress. This timeless film follows Monica (Sanaa Lathan) and Quincy (Omar Epps) two childhood friends who both aspire to be professional basketball players. Quincy, is a natural talent and a born leader. Monica is ferociously competitive but sometimes becomes overly emotional on the court. Over the years, the two begin to fall for each other, but their separate paths to basketball stardom threaten to pull them apart.